Shoe-heel stiffener



May 29,' 1923.

v W. M. COURSON sHoE HEEL STIFFENER Filed Aug. 17'. 1922 Snom/drole m yofofz Patented May 29, 1923.

, UNITED STATES" 7 wILLInivr. M. iyooURsoN, or Tranvas-SE CITY, MroHGAin "suon-'HEEL STIFFENEB.

Application "i'edfaugust 17, 1922. vserial 'No."ssme'ei To all whom z'z'mag/ concern."

Be it known that I, 'WILLIAM Courson, a citizen of theUnited States, residing; at Traverse City, Vin the county of' Grand Traverse andvState of' Michigamhave invented certain new and useful Improve? ments inShoe-HeelStiener's; and "I do declarevthe lfollowing to be' a full, clear,y and exact' description of the invention,I such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'the same.

This invention. relates to yan improved stiii'enerefor use in connection with'theheel portion of a shoe and one object ofthe invention is to provide a stiffener which may be put in place and mayserve to stiffen and brace the heel portion of a high or lowquarter shoe and may also serve as a heel aad. f l Another object of the invention isto prof vide astiffener which is so constructed that the heel pad portion which rests 'directly above the heel of the shoe may fit snugly in place and thus cause the shoe to be comfortable with the stifener in place.v

Another object of the invention istoso.

construct this stil'ener that it lmay 'be either secured within the shoe by nails which will be driven downinto the heel portion of the shoe or if so desired left free and simply held within the -shoe 4bythe pressure of the heel portion of the foot.

Another-object of the invention is to so construct this stiffener that they vertically disposed portion which engages the rear p0rtion of the upper mayl conform 'to the contour thereof to brace this portion of the upper and keep it in the proper shape and to further so construct the upper end portion of this vertically disposed portion of the brace that there will -be no danger of the upper edge portion causin vscraping which would injure the foot of t e wearer.

Another object of the invention is to so Figure is agvertical transverse sectional view taken lalong the'line -Sof `Fig. 2.v

Figure '4 isf-ay vertical" longitudinal 'sectional view through 'the attachment showing a slightlyl modified construction.`

This improvedbrace is to be usedin-vcon- 4nection with afshoe and will be positioned vided-with a: body portionwhich is formed of sheet metal stamped out to provide a base and permit the rear portion ofthe shoe upper.l The brace vvinfthe reargportion-thereof so asto brace portion 1 anda tongu'eextension -2 which has its inner'or lower end portion reduced to permit|` of easy' bendin tongue i). to extend' upwar lyandbrace'the has been yshown in connection with a high shoe but as vpreviously stated, it lcan be readily used *in connection with a lowquarter shoe as well as a high shoe. The base portion of this brace is flat and curved and tapered rearwardly to conform tothe contour of the heel portionfof the shoe and upon this flat face will be lprovided a pad,

3 which vconforms to the contour of thepbase and will be formed of leather or any otherl suitable material. This `pad may be secured to the base 1 by rivets 4 'as shown in Fig. 4 or' it mayy be secured` by nails 5 which will "be, passed through` the pad and through openingsformed in the -base and driven'down into the'heel H of' the shoe. In the form shown in Figs. l, 2j and 3, the brace will beirmly mounted in the shoe by means of the nails 5 but in the form shown in Fig. 4, this Vbrace will be left loose in the shoe and may be readily removed and placed in another pairk oilshoes when 'sofdesired The verticallyvdi'sposed tongue 2 is ycurved transversely. so that it will conform to the transversecontour of the rearfportion of the shoe for snugl enga-gement withl the same. The verticallyv disposedy tongue will therefore serve to retain the real` portion of the shoe upperi'n the proper shape and prevent tfrom working out of the proper shape. Theupper end portion of this tongue is ybent to extend vrearwardly as shown at 6 so that the foot maybe readily'inserted witho-ut danger of catching against the upper edge of the tongue. prevents the upper edge of the tongue from scraping and tearing the stocking and ca-us` Itl will be further noted that this kl o vent it from getting out of ins hdape 31nd further that the defiewiil Aalso serve afs e.,

heel Ped for :the S110@- lt ShQuLd @1S-0 be noted that #die .deyioe vrnxay Vbe veitiierwrinly anchored iinthe shoe Y ineansofitlie nails which will ,be driven C9'W1`1-rtfthhe1-g0r' they may beypl'zploedlooselyin ,thegheelportions of `the Ashoe ,and vsimply ,held in lpiace by pressure of the Efoot. ivhelnthe devine is ysirjnply placed in .wtliehehoelendnotseenred, it lis only neoesvsary^-toliftthedeyioes ont when it lis A desired ,toE pnt :them in another` pair of shoes, but when it is vdesired,to transferthe form shown in Q:zind ..3 from one rer Off .Sheefs .to inofherift gis Lneceiiisfwy it@ ,other rst lremore the nails Q1" ,else weer the device by the v tonguef `:ind Adraw 1t out of the shoe. The forward end portions ofthe leatherpped 3 ypage portion l will dency to scrape and injure the stocking and heel'.` 'The 'device onitlirefore be very co1nfortzilolyvorn in the shoe and will be very le'ffotite' in operation.

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duced intermediate thebe :Seid tnor@ beine* ,wired filiales: rellr ,51nd,liewef-iits els'. redir-irpef edle@ portions bent to extend rezirwardly'.

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